All my plants are located in 7B Tennessee! Channel is about growing tropical plants and palms in colder US zones 6-8. Info on cold hardy palms, tropical plants and more! Channel specializes in growing palms like Trachycarpus fortunei, Sabal minor, Sabal birmingham, Sabal louisiana, needle palms and cold hardy tropicals like canna lily, Colocasia, hardy hibiscus, bamboo and more.
All right I live in the Pacific northwest I've been told to fertilize the the palms from the top down I have frisle top.Pretty soon I will have no palm frons left.Thanks
What a great genus of plants! They all look really good! Hopefully all of my Sabal minor ‘Louisiana’ and the like will produce good seed, and get hardier strains.
It seems like the Damage over there was a lot worse than over here despite being 1°F milder. But I think over here it warmed up a lot faster. Like you have the same results with the Birminghams as I had with My Unprotected Trachys
Your trees are tough. I'm growing a lot of Sabal Causiarum in Florida. There's a big Causiarum growing in Seattle. They quickly reach a massive size compared to our native Sabals.
Hi, very interesting vid. You just had one Sabal 'Louisiana' and that didn't make it? I guess the minors (straight species) didn't have any problems or did they? Any other S.minor ecotypes to talk about? Maybe another vid? This is really interesting since these are in the same area, it's a great way to compare the different ecotypes.
If you look back at my videos minors had spotting to 50% damage. Look fine now. I have 3 other Louisiana one large one that I covered and put a spotlight on and 2 smaller 1' ones that were covered by snow
Great comeback, congrats. In the past (barring subzero temps) heavy much, a covering with no heat and sited southwesterly will keep them going for years. I do have a small one that keeps getting set back every year but usually ends up around 3-4 ft each season. I still have hopes for it 😄
Nice they all looks good I might get a sabal minor soon do you think it would be a good tree to have in a backyard or do you think it will look better in a front yard
Yes you can get a full trunked one there and unless a record cold you should be ok. Try Atlanta Palms in the spring for a large one or if budget is smaller a planted one will take 10-20 years to get big
Ouch! I would probably still give it a chance, these are from Asia I believe, where they get tropical storms all the time, maybe it will still live? Best of luck!
